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Council Member’s Aide Is Found Dead

The 22-year-old aide to New York City Council Member Stephen Levin was found dead inside her apartment in downtown Brooklyn Thursday afternoon, police officials said.

A preliminary investigation by the New York Police Department suggests Hope Reichbach, daughter of Supreme Court Justice Gustin Reichbach, died of a drug overdose, police officials said. It was unclear Thursday night whether it was an accident or suicide, the officials said. The investigation is continuing.

Police found prescription drugs in the apartment that had been legally prescribed to Reichbach, officials said. She was discovered dead at 2:35 p.m. at her home on Schermerhorn Street.